Amazon Buys IVONA Software

Amazon.com this morning said it has acquired IVONA Software, a Gdynia, Poland-based provider of text-to-speech technology (yeah I know, I also vonna sell my software company to Amazon).

The company said IVONA powers the text-to-speech, voice guide and explore by touch features on the Kindle Fire tablets; the company aso provides text to speed products and services for "thousands of developers, businesses and customers around the world.)